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I don't know if this is already a topic on here or not but I'm gonna ask 4 your thoughts NEway is Jiu Jitsu an olympic sport if not do you think it will ever become one ? ? ? I never see it televised or NEthing just thought I'd start a rando thread about it . . .
I saw a video interview of Dana White in which he said he is convinced both MMA and Jiu Jitsu will both be olympic sports within 8 years. I hope he's right, it's about time. For now, enjoy the judo.
I really think it should be. If they have freestyle wrestling, greco-roman, judo and even taekwondo, they should have jiu jitsu. Hell they even have synchronized swimming in the olympics -.-
I don't know if the commity will allow MMA 2 B an olympic sport (but who am I) ? ? ? U never know I just think that ppl would think it 2 barbaric still but I would hope that if they let Jitz become a sport that they do not ban all holds and make things like leglocks and spine cranks illegle if U know what I'm sayin'
It will be a while before BJJ is an Olympic sport. There has to be black belt representatives from every country that participates and at this point BJJ is still trying to raise up black belt nationals from each country where there is a BJJ black belt running a school.
Not sure about MMA and how that would work with the pro status of most MMA fighters.
It wouldn't be hard to modify MMA rules so that it would be less dangerous and viable as an olympic sport. The only problem would be in drawing world class talent to put their bodies on the line for a medal and no pay day. More than likely, if Olympic MMA were to happen it would only emerge as a proving ground and resume builder for future fighters.
I just googled it and found this article: http://thefightworkspodcast.com/2009...ian-jiu-jitsu/
This would be awsome ! ! ! !Quote:
Originally Posted by Heidi McCreery
Jiu jitsu NEEDS to be an Olympic sport especially with Brazil being the host in the future, c'mon now!
The olympics will be in Rio soon and they're not having Jiu Jitsu in that one. MMA wouldn't work for the Olympics. Just look at how boxing is right now... it would ruin MMA. I bet they'll get no-gi in the olympics before gi, though. It's more exciting and is more distinguishable from Judo.
This is the American reality. Just look at the U.S. basketball team, we could easily win every year, but it isn't worth it to our best players. The Dream Team didn't care about that shit, they liked rolling people up for their country. I think some fighters though would love to represent in the Olympics. I could see the Olympic MMA team being a better representation of talent than the Olympic Basketball team.Quote:
Originally Posted by AJ Camacho
I think I heard that Jiu Jitsu is going to be in the Olympics in Rio as a demonstration or something like that. Which I was told is how most sports become Olympic events, by a host country doing demonstrations.
But as it was said before, there has to be enough countries to have a competition, and that is some time in the distant future before it is represented by enough nations to be an Olympic event.